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1. #106728
   On July 19th, 2007 at 5:02 pm, NeoConNews said:

   I guess jetBlue decided that it wasn’t going to mix politics and business… you know, like they’ve been saying that they wouldn’t be doing from the beginning? Yeesh, what a mess. Still, those vouchers are a contribution and I look forward to getting my NeoCon free travel vouchers in the mail when I make it out to Cheney’s secret bunker later this fall.

2. #106729
   On July 19th, 2007 at 5:02 pm, blacktygrrrr said:

   Any moment now the left will mistakenly complain about censorship. The conservatives will state that the free market once again reigned supreme.

   Again the conservatives will be right.

   Now if only my parents could be given back the thousands of dollars the teachers’ unions stole from them under the guise of “dues,” that were used fo politcal activity my parents opposed.

   Oh well, one small victory at a time.

   eric http://www.blacktygrrrr.wordpress.com

   P.S. Those who defended Jet Blue are most likely the same ones that savaged Dr. Laura Schlessinger and forced her off the air.

3. #106731
   On July 19th, 2007 at 5:03 pm, blacktygrrrr said:

   Dr. Laura’s television show, not her radio show. I wish my keyboard had a clarification button.

   eric

4. #106737
   On July 19th, 2007 at 5:07 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

   Guess we can add that other wing back to JetBlue’s planes:

   I would take a wait and see stance. Could be like an Ellison apology. Keep those vidoes rolling!

5. #106739
   On July 19th, 2007 at 5:10 pm, NeoConNews said:

   Well, they better do something to get that other wing back on. I’m no engineer, but I don’t think management’s hot air alone can keep those planes up for very long!

6. #106744
   On July 19th, 2007 at 5:21 pm, katieanne said:

   I would think that a corporation would not make any kind of donation without first knowing what it was donating to. I don’t believe a word of this. They should really say, “Sorry we got caught supporting the radical left. We hope all you consumers are stupid enough to believe our denial.”

   I wonder how much Jet Blue has donated for our military?

7. #106746
   On July 19th, 2007 at 5:23 pm, 24Klady said:

   Reading fast to keep up, so if I missed it I apologize – has the other 23 donors besides JetB, been posted? Think of the possibilities to torture them with calls, letters and e-mails as well.

   Neoconnews #1…Cheney invited me out to the secret bunker this fall too. JetB needs to come up with many more freebies. We could be talking charter size.

8. #106748
   On July 19th, 2007 at 5:25 pm, graysonret said:

   I read your statement, Mr. Barger. One question. Who are you trying to fool?

9. #106753
   On July 19th, 2007 at 5:37 pm, dartagnans_blade said:

   Pelosi, Reid, Emanuel, Schumer, Dodd, Clinton, Obama, Edwards, Richardson Clark, Durbin, Dean and on and on will be in attendence…But let not your heart be troubled. We got JetBlue cornered. It’s like watching Barney Fife round up Otis…lol

10. #106755
    On July 19th, 2007 at 5:39 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    Hey Dave Barger,

    How about some YearlyKos convention offsets? You could give me 10 tickets and I will let Michelle know you support a radical right wing Christian. That should do it!

11. #106757
    On July 19th, 2007 at 5:43 pm, NeoConNews said:

    Two excellent questions here so far:

    …has the other 23 donors besides JetB, been posted?

    I wonder how much Jet Blue has donated for our military?

    I think these are worthy of looking into, especially the latter for exposure on national television. If anything good came out of this whole charade, it would be some free tickets for our boys and girls overseas. Any possibility in shaming them into dishing out some extra free tickets, Michelle?

12. #106761
    On July 19th, 2007 at 5:51 pm, zorro said:

    I wonder how much Jet Blue has donated for our military?

    Now if Jet Blue would offer free tickets to our military families for travel to and from Walter Reed or our other military medical facilities, Jet Blue would be my first choice for air travel. I’m serious!

13. #106765
    On July 19th, 2007 at 5:56 pm, Yashmak said:

    Donations to the military are called taxes, last time I checked

14. #106766
    On July 19th, 2007 at 5:59 pm, 3Steps said:

    I have to admit to be totally flabergasted that he backed down on this.

    I might have believed his ‘appology’ if they had withdrawn the vouchers. But since they didn’t that makes it an obvious PR C-Y-A stunt. But I didn’t even think they would go that far.

    I still won’t change my mind about using them. Unless as Zorro says they become suddenly Pro-military

15. #106768
    On July 19th, 2007 at 6:04 pm, The Ugly American said:

    Damn you bloggers!

    *shakes fist*

16. #106780
    On July 19th, 2007 at 6:23 pm, PBoilermaker said:

    On July 19th, 2007 at 5:56 pm, Yashmak said:
    Donations to the military are called taxes, last time I checked

17. #106783
    On July 19th, 2007 at 6:24 pm, Heartland Perspective said:

    Oh, to be a little mouse at the Kos convention…heh

18. #106784
    On July 19th, 2007 at 6:25 pm, PBoilermaker said:

    Test

19. #106785
    On July 19th, 2007 at 6:26 pm, malkin_fan said:

    I hope someone will report back from that wacko convention and tell us if Jet Blues name is there as a sponsor. Also what other corporations names where there.

20. #106787
    On July 19th, 2007 at 6:31 pm, general company said:

    Yashmak said:
    Donations to the military are called taxes,

    Sad,,,,,,What you are considering donations? They are the only ones affiliated with our government worth paying or earning their pay.

21. #106792
    On July 19th, 2007 at 6:44 pm, PBoilermaker said:

    Thank you, #20…my response to Yashmak didn’t make it onto #16.

22. #106793
    On July 19th, 2007 at 6:45 pm, rac said:

    I was wondering who the other sponsors were as well. As much as it hurt I searched Yahoo for Yearly Kos and found a list of sponsors. JetBlue is still listed maybe they haven’t had time to update it.

    But the other ‘companies’ and organizations are just a bunch of crazy lefty organizations.

    Ron C

23. #106795
    On July 19th, 2007 at 6:48 pm, PBoilermaker said:

    #22, JetBlue’s CEO is obviously full of crap. Like you noted, the only real world business sponsoring this hatefest -is- JetBlue.

24. #106796
    On July 19th, 2007 at 6:48 pm, DesertLover said:

    rac in #22

    Unfortunately the JetBlue sponsorship supposedly was donated airline tickets … and those weren’t withdrawn from what I read … someone correct me if I am wrong … but I would say that would still qualify them to be listed on the “sponsor’s” listing …

25. #106798
    On July 19th, 2007 at 6:54 pm, PBoilermaker said:

    #24…exactly, no change in status.

26. #106800
    On July 19th, 2007 at 7:03 pm, JWS said:

    Ahhh, who didn’t see this coming? My BSometer is redlining…

27. #106802
    On July 19th, 2007 at 7:04 pm, radioman51 said:

    I see by the list of all 24 sponsors that Kos has rounded up the ususal suspects. Move on; there’s nothing to see.

28. #106803
    On July 19th, 2007 at 7:10 pm, Christopher Taylor said:

    Well, its a lame explanation – obviously everyone who sponsors an event is trying to be positively associated with the event – but good for them for figuring out this is a bad idea. Too bad they still suck as an airline and have 10% ownership by George Soros.

29. #106814
    On July 19th, 2007 at 7:33 pm, Rick Moran said:

    We certainly hope that the sweeping generalizations connecting JetBlue to a political stand will be recognized as exaggeration and with no basis in fact.

    Yeah, right. And if you believe that, I’ve got Hitler’s pencil box I can sell you.

30. #106822
    On July 19th, 2007 at 7:40 pm, F15mech said:

    Lame explanation – When I tried to sponsor a trip to a shooting range, with a small # of clients (less then 10). Headquarters freaked and said no way.

    That was a “non-public” event at a company with roughly 20,000 employees.

31. #106834
    On July 19th, 2007 at 8:04 pm, pakurilecz said:

    I would like to know who the other sponsors/supporters were? I note that the CEO just refers to it as a convention of bloggers.

32. #106841
    On July 19th, 2007 at 8:19 pm, Pgrossjr said:

    I just noticed that the NEA is a sponsor. Putting those teachers union dues to work!

33. #106843
    On July 19th, 2007 at 8:29 pm, Just A Grunt said:

    Anybody heard from Hillary’s campaign? As of yesterday they were on record as saying that Hillary was looking forward to attending.

34. #106844
    On July 19th, 2007 at 8:31 pm, blogagog said:

    So, to exemplify their non-politicalness, will they give 10 free vouchers to free republic?

35. #106857
    On July 19th, 2007 at 9:31 pm, Bob's Kid said:

    Oh great…NEA? That means I’M sponsoring the useless thing.

    Swell…

36. #106871
    On July 19th, 2007 at 10:29 pm, soldiers.dad said:

    Yea, I got that email too.
    But I’m in no forgiving mood, it’s all CYA.

    This is my response to their reply to my initial email expressing my concern about who they choose to offer financial support to:

    Mr. Dave Barger

    Thanks for the response, but excuse me if I feel that your response is
    a TOTAL BLOW OFF!
    Weak at best!

    A member of your staff must surly have known the reputation of the
    “Daily Kos” crowds far Left Wing political rhetoric, before gifting
    them free travel with your airline.
    They made a decision, based on political judgment to support this group.
    Does your company also give free tickets to members of far Right Wing groups?
    Which ones?

    The adage “You are known by the company you keep”, has always been a
    guide for me in judging other peoples values.

    I am wondering how many tickets your company has donated to US Military service members or their families?
    Has your company donated free tickets to families to use for travel to be with those injured in the service of OUR country?
    If so I would be glad to know more about it, so I can share that with my family and friends.

    As a father of two deployed US Soldiers I would never consider flying your airline again knowing you support an organization that calls for the death of US military personnel.
    An organization that takes glee at the news of US service members getting killed in the service of this nation!

    Care to respond to my questions, or continue your CYA campaign?!

37. #106874
    On July 19th, 2007 at 10:36 pm, DesertLover said:

    soldiers.dad in #36

    Well said … as an old Viet Nam era Marine I would like to say thanks to you and ask that you pass that thanks on to your brave children that are serving this country with great distinction, dedication and honor.

38. #106882
    On July 19th, 2007 at 11:25 pm, Sanddog said:

    We have NO INVOLVEMENT with DailyKos or anything said or represented on that website.

    Oh, please.

    You’re donating tickets so a bunch of bash-America moonbats won’t have to hitchhike to their conference and you’re claiming NO involvement?

39. #106914
    On July 20th, 2007 at 1:26 am, Tyrant said:

    Over at dKos they’re saying JetBlue hasn’t pulled sponsorship. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/7/19/223859/736

    You can, in fact, still see their logo on the yKos page.

40. #106915
    On July 20th, 2007 at 1:28 am, Mookie said:

    Jet Blue has been extremely supportive of the military.

    # Recognized by the Department of Defense’s Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) for supporting JetBlue’s crewmembers who serve in the Reserves and Guard
    # Multiple $10,000 contributions and tickets donated to Fisher House, the Ronald McDonald House equivalent for the Air Force
    # Travel provided to on-duty soldiers
    # 9/11 Memorial Golf Outing charity event sponsorship
    # Multi-year sponsorship of the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C.
    # Support of the New York Says Thank You Foundation

41. #106916
    On July 20th, 2007 at 1:37 am, Mr_Conservative_Cat said:

    KOS is too extreme, too hateful, too everything vugar and wrong and dishonest, and Jet Blue is now being cute: now, instead of supporting KOS honestly and out in the open, they are doing it by stealth. They are still supplying tickets (think they do it for the Republican Convention?) and their only qualifier was that Jet Blue is not “political”. Was it too much for them to condemn so outragious a hate site? No. So therefore it is too much for me to fly Jet Blue. Simple. When they balance this out with a condemnation of KOS’ hate speech, then maybe, but their hair-splitting response convinces me more than ever that Jet Blue is ideological soulmates with KOS – but they simply doesn’t want to admit it.

42. #106932
    On July 20th, 2007 at 5:07 am, SirGregor said:

    Recently posted at DailyKos:

    JetBlue — A YearlyKos Sponsor — ROCKS
    by pontificator

    Thu Jul 19, 2007 at 08:00:44 PM PDT

    So, many of you may have seen the erroneous report that JetBlue has canceled the YearlyKos sponsorship. Well, like nearly everything you see on the Faux News channel, that report is out and out false.

    Here are the facts:

    pontificator’s diary :: ::

    JetBlue confirmed that it will remain a sponsor of the YearlyKos Convention. As a sponsor, it donated 10 free roundtrip JetBlue tickets for speakers and staff to fly to and from the convention.

    JetBlue has confirmed that its logo will remain on the YearlyKos frontpage as an in-kind sponsor.

    JetBlue has acted as real heros here. They have put up with 1,000’s of vicious, hateful emails as a result of Faux News’s false reporting. And yet they are standing by us.

43. #106941
    On July 20th, 2007 at 7:09 am, Fritz said:

    For Mr. Barger:
    How many other bloggers have you supported with free travel? Ten tickets for the rabid hatemonger Markos Zúniga and nine of his International ANSWER, George Soros Open Society, hate-America types is an endorsement–not a sweeping generalization.

    The next time your marketing department wants to endorse some of the worst America has to offer then maybe they should check with you first.

    With the Kos site being in the news constantly, as a vocal left-wing force in the democrat party, it might behoove you to read more about what is going on in our world. You may be able to survive as an airline but the Marxists want to “help” you in that endeavor. They may not come for you today but they will eventually. You should care enough to be informed, to be aware of your neighbors losing their rights and freedoms to the “progressive” actions of groups like Kos and other anti-liberty, anti-freedom, anti-business, anti-American groups.

44. #106984
    On July 20th, 2007 at 9:09 am, Chairman of the Board said:

    and there it is- THE MARKETPLACE WILL CORRECT ITSELF.

    thank god JB did the right thing… can i say “god” on here?

45. #107046
    On July 20th, 2007 at 10:21 am, Pickle said:

    As has been pointed out, nothing has changed. The sponsorship continues and Kos isn’t taking the logo off their website.

    Let the mockery and boycotting continue. Judging from the vitriol spewing forth from Kos, it’s having an effect.

46. #107183
    On July 20th, 2007 at 1:09 pm, Bad Candy said:

    Look, Kos gets Pwn3d!

    Jet Blue pulled the support. Kos left a rant that got quickly deleted, but someone nabbed it and put it in comments.

47. #107308
    On July 20th, 2007 at 4:12 pm, huggybear said:

    Vitriol? If I had a tabloid “journalist” like O’Reilly putting the words of a few anonymous commenters into my mouth, I would be pretty irked myself. I guess since Bill O isn’t reporting on the war anymore, he’s got to fill the airwaves with *something*. And apparently it doesn’t even have to be the truth; “truthy” will suffice.

    I doubt anyone here cares, but the fine folks at Radar Online have done an excellent job of filling in the blanks that O’Reilly conveniently omitted from his [non-]story. Each of the comments O’Reilly cites are paired side-by-side with Kos’ actual, very own words on the subjects. But don’t let that stop you – please, mock away!

48. #107576
    On July 22nd, 2007 at 12:29 am, theroc5156 said:

    I wrote an e-mail and got the same response from JetBlue. I forwarded this to Michelle, but I am sure she has seen it 100 times.

    Anyway, David Barger has an Economics and Political Science degree from Michigan. He should know the dangers of donating to organizations such as Kos. His marketing team should be fired.